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Congress shall make no law : the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court /
The First Amendment declares "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, Congress and the states have sought repeatedly to curb these freedoms. The Supreme Court of the United States in turn gradually expanded First Amendment protection for freed...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Free expression in America series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The First Amendment declares "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, Congress and the states have sought repeatedly to curb these freedoms. The Supreme Court of the United States in turn gradually expanded First Amendment protection for freedom of expression but also defined certain categories of expression: obscenity, defamation, commercial speech, and disruptive expression-as constitutionally unprotected. From the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 to the most recent cases to come before the Supreme Court, noted legal scholar David M. O'Brien provides the first comprehensive examination of these exceptions to the absolute command of the First Amendment |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 136 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442205123 1442205121 9786613163455 6613163457 1283163454 9781283163453 |